General Insurance

Insurance professionals see restricted cover as greatest threat to trust

Restricted cover is the biggest threat to public trust in the insurance profession in...

Avantia appoints chief financial officer

Avantia, the 'virtual' insurer behind the Homeprotect brand, has expanded its team with the...

Paymentshield unveils home insurance platform enhancements

Paymentshield has made a number of upgrades to its Adviser Hub platform. The latest change,...

Economic climate makes GI sales more important

48% of advisers say that general insurance (GI) has become a more important source...

Smartr365 integrates with Uinsure for home insurance

End-to-end mortgage provider, Smartr365, has expanded its offering into home insurance through a partnership...

Paradigm Protect adds LV= General Insurance to panel

Paradigm Protect has added the LV= range of General Insurance (GI) products to its panel. Member...

Ceta unveils new notional home insurance product

Ceta Insurance has launched Prestige Notional, a new home insurance product exclusive to Ceta...

Co-op Insurance to offer later life options via L&G

Co-op Insurance has partnered with Legal & General to offer later life mortgage options...

Consumers think price is only home insurance differentiator

New YouGov research has found that almost half of UK consumers believe that price...

Assurant Intermediary launches Rent Guarantee & Legal Expenses product

Specialist general insurance provider, Assurant Intermediary, has introduced a landlord insurance product providing rent...

One-fifth of Brits find speaking to an adviser ‘overwhelming’

Speaking to a financial adviser is a greater cause of stress for UK consumers...

Acre and Uinsure partner to simplify home insurance

Mortgage intermediary platform, Acre, has announced a new partnership with Uinsure to simplify building...

Uinsure welcome two non-executive directors

Uinsure has announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors. Dan Wright joins as non-executive...

Uinsure and Optimus agree partnership

Optimus has announced a new partnership with Uinsure to integrate home insurance into the...
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COMMENT

Comment

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Regulation

Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...
Cover

One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...
Compliance

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...
Building Societies

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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